[Alex Murphy]

I cannot vouch for what goes on in your mind, but all I'm saying is that, whatever else it may be, ID is NOT science.

Because as we all know, real scientists would never operate from - or be influenced by - philosophical or ideological agendas, or by trivial banalities such as overt threats of tenure removal/career suicide.

/sarcasm>

[ralice]

Because as we all know, real scientists would never operate from - or be influenced by - philosophical or ideological agendas, or by trivial banalities such as overt threats of tenure removal/career suicide.

(sarcasm still off) It's precisely because scientists are human (I'll give some of my old profs the benefit of a doubt here) given to all the influences you mentioned that we rely on data, peer review, reproducibility, constantly questioning old analyses, etc.